Saturday, March 31, 2012

Rules For Labeling Mp3's

Rules For Labeling Mp3's

I thought it would be a great idea to iron out a
simple format, so whenever you send a track to some A&R, artist, manager,
etc, you will make it as simple as possible for them to track you down when they
want your music… Believe it or not, a good percentage of
producers/artists/managers send out mp3′s that make it very difficult to track
them down. So with no further delay, The OFFICIAL Rules Of Labeling
Mp3′s!

Rule #1:

Include your name

Whatever name you
want to be in the credits of whatever album you want to get on, should be in the
file name.

Rule #2:

Include Your e-mail

Just because
you emailed the beat to whoever, it doesn’t mean that they didn’t go into their
gmail and just download 1000 beats and dump them into an ipod. Don’t make them
go through all of those gmails just to find your track!

Rule #3:

Include Your Phone Number

It’s great getting phone calls from
people that want your music. Give them that opportunity. Don’t forget the area
code…

Rule #4:

Include Something To Identify That Particular
Beat/Song

It helps to name your tracks, just so moving forward there is
something that can be used to identify the track. Otherwise whoever wants the
track is going to have to beatbox it to you, which can be entertaining but is a
nuisance.

Here is an example of a perfectly formated mp3
file…

So there it is. Simple, short and to the point. There is no
doubt in my mind that over the years, people have lost out on placements, money
and deals just because they didn’t properly label their music and could never be
tracked down. If you follow these rules, that will never happen to you.